BC#1
Sports
Ben Carnevale
1915–2008American basketball player and coach, college athletics administrator
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Famous people · Raritan
6 famous people call Raritan their birthplace
Best known of all is Ben Carnevale, written about in 8 languages. Most were born between 1920 and 1969: 4 of them. Athletes make up the largest group, 3 of them. From Joseph S. Frelinghuysen Sr. to Deborah Swackhamer, the births on the list run from 1869 to 1954.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Ben Carnevale
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1869
Joseph S. Frelinghuysen Sr.
Youngest
1954
Deborah Swackhamer
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Raritan
Ranked by languages covered: Ben Carnevale with 8, then Joseph S. Frelinghuysen Sr. with 8 and Tony Bongiovi with 6.
#2Politics & Law
Joseph S. Frelinghuysen Sr.
1869–1948American politician
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TB#3
Through the years
When Raritan’s famous people were born
The 1940s saw the most births of any decade: 2.
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What Raritan is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 1.4 times.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Raritan and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (5)
- Joseph S. Frelinghuysen Sr.: National Photo Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Deborah Swackhamer: MIT Media Lab, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lee Van Cleef: Giulio Petroni (director)PEC/United Artists, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Casey Murphy: Hameltion, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter Dumont Vroom: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons